College Football

PULLMAN – The throw looked perfect right away, a smooth parabola off the hands of Washington State quarterback Zevi Eckaus, who was targeting wideout Kaden Harken toward the end zone. The ball reached its peak at around the 15-yard line, underneath a cloudless Tuesday morning sky at Gesa Field, before heading back toward the turf. As that happened, Harken jockeyed …

The Oklahoma Sooners are in the running for one of the top edge rushers in the nation in ESPN five-star prospect Jake Kreul. Oklahoma, along with Texas and Ole Miss, is in the running for the elite pass rushers’ services, and Kreul has set a decision date ahead of his senior season. Kreul told ESPN’s Eli Lederman that he plans …

North Carolina now has a pair of commitments in its 2027 recruiting class after landing a pledge from Raleigh (N.C.) Rolesville four-star running back Amir Brown on Sunday. Head coach Bill Belichick and the new-look staff in Chapel Hill have shown they’ve got the recruiting chops to compete with others in the ACC and they’ll look to make a mark …

GRAND FORKS — Tuesday was busy on UND’s campus. Construction crews began demolition on Hyslop Sports Center, the Fighting Hawks went through Day 5 of fall camp and the program held media day in old Memorial Stadium — now named Hyslop at Memorial Village. After morning practice, UND held a lunch followed by comments from head coach Eric Schmidt, offensive …

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Warren Sapp strictly enforces Colorado players being in straight lines while stretching at practice. Marshall Faulk harps over and over on proper footwork. These two Hall of Fame players turned coaches are sticklers for the little things. That’s on orders from the third member of their gold-coat club: Deion Sanders. Sapp and Faulk are part of …

Jeremiah Smith, Ryan Williams on cover of EA Sports College Football ’26 EA Sports chose Ohio State’s Jeremiah Smith and Alabama’s Ryan Williams to be on the cover of College Football ’26. We talk to the athletes about what this moment means to them. Heading into the 2025 college football season, the SEC is widely regarded as being a wide-open …

BROOKINGS — Towards the end of Tuesday’s practice — South Dakota State’s sixth, and third with pads — coach Dan Jackson gave his players a quick ‘recovery’ break for water and snacks. When they returned to the field, Jackson gathered them at midfield and, through some high-volume colorful language and animated gesturing, let them know the first 3/4 of practice …

Top contenders Ohio State and Penn State are the preseason favorites to face off in the Big Ten Conference Championship this season.  The Buckeyes (+190), Nittany Lions (+240) and Oregon Ducks (+350) have the best chance of becoming Big Ten Champions, per odds released Tuesday by BetMGM.  But just as those three lead the list, someone has to finish last.  …

Tennessee is the only College Football Playoff team featured in the new Netflix SEC docuseries, but the Vols didn’t get as much screen time as their opponents. UT granted behind-the-scenes access to Netflix during the 2024 season for its seven-episode series called “SEC Football: Any Given Saturday,” which premiered on Aug. 5. Alabama, Georgia, Missouri, Oklahoma, Ole Miss and Texas …

We know about the starting edge rushers for Michigan football entering 2025, but what about the backups and younger pass rushers? It wasn’t that long ago that fifth-year senior TJ Guy was an up-and-coming EDGE, and he finally sprang into action as a reserve and occasional starter last year. But there’s a bumper crop of young talent that hasn’t seen …

On3’s Brett McMurphy is sold on how good Penn State could be this fall, but enough to make them No. 1 in his preseason AP Poll with a little over two weeks to go until the season gets underway is a far different conversation. McMurphy appeared on the latest edition of “Andy and Ari” Tuesday and took a deep dive …

Since Lane Kiffin arrived at Ole Miss, the question has been from day one if he will jump ship again and go to a bigger program. Over the years, Kiffin has been the head coach of the Oakland Raiders, the USC Trojans, and the Tennessee Volunteers. After being fired at USC, Kiffin went to Alabama to work under Nick Saban …

Former Georgia Bulldogs edge rusher Damon Wilson II made a surprising decision when he transferred to the Missouri Tigers, an SEC rival, this offseason. Many Georgia fans wondered why Wilson II decided to transfer, but according to Joey Van Zummeren of Missouri Tigers SI, there was a connection from 1991 that helped get Wilson II to play football at Columbia, Missouri. …

We are now less than a month away from the start of the 2025 college football season, and several teams have emerged as early national championship front-runners. One team that fits that description is the Texas Longhorns. With Arch Manning entering his first full season as the program’s starting quarterback, expectations are sky high for Steve Sarkisian’s team. DraftKings Sportsbook …

Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney will always love the Alabama Crimson Tide.  Swinney, after all, joined Alabama as a walk-on receiver in 1989 under former coach Bill Curry. He spent the next three years playing for Gene Stallings, and as a senior in 1992, Swinney won a ring as a member of the Crimson Tide’s 13-0 national championship squad.  After …